| Idol Bu Show | |
| Ja Kanji: | IDOL舞SHOW |
| Ja Romaji: | Aidoru Bu Shō |
| Type: | film |
| Director: | Shingo Kobayashi |
| Music: | ,, and |
| Studio: | ORENDA and Amineworks |
| Released: | 24 June 2022 |
is a Japanese multimedia project centered around competing Japanese idol groups. An anime film adaptation was released in June 2022.
The project is about idol groups who, after the dissolution of idol group Fool's End, compete for music and merchandise sales, concert audiences, and other things. Each group operates under the leadership of a music producer reincarnated from a general from the Sengoku period.
No Princess is a "dance and vocal" idol unit whose music is produced by .
is a "high tension" idol unit whose music is produced by .[3]
is a "new-generation" idol unit whose music is produced by .[3]
are a band of five girls.[4] Their in-universe producers, QTarō Mōri, are a quartet of reincarnations of western Chūgoku region daimyō Mōri Motonari, while is their real-life music producer.[4]
In September 2019, the project was announced, as was a 26 October concert, .[3] The screenwriter is and the characters and key visual were designed by NOB-C.[3] In July 2020, Yuika Hanazono was replaced by a new character, Hikaru Fuwa.[1]
Two days before the 2022 release of the project's film, the voice actresses for Mashiro Honma and It's Your Cider were announced.[4]
In February 2022, it was announced that an anime film adaptation from ORENDA and Amineworks would be released that year.[5] In March, it was announced that the film would be released on 24 June, and that part of the film would also be concert footage.[6] The film was directed by Shingo Kobayashi, written by Kotsukotsu, produced by Ryō Aizawa, and supervised by .[5] The three primary idol units' music producers produced the music.[7]
| Title | Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Sales | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | JPN Hot | |||||
| Truth or Dare | 2020 |
| 33[8] | - | - | |
| Fanatic | 2020 |
| 39[9] | - | - | |
| Current Xanadu | 2020 |
| 28[10] | - | - | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region. | ||||||